baggedoutmazda

ok so here goes, i'm trying to piece together a single setup for my fd, i have a chance to buy a new turbonetics turbo fairly cheap, now that i'm lost in all the specs, not really sure what it all means, [slowly searching & learning] how do i know what this turbo is? how do i know t3/t4 stage 1, 2, 3 etc, i've found that the 20359 is .82 but unsure how to find the rest, looking for around 350-375hp, so any advise on how to figure out what this turbo is or if it will work for me would be great. i really don't need ppl to tell me to just buy a kit, or to tell me about all the supporting mods i will need, just trying to get thru 1 thing at a time thanks

RacerXtreme7

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Intead of spending hours on the internet researching, and / or having others do it for you, why don't you take 5 minutes and CALL (note: CALL, not email) Turbonetics to find out what that particular turbo's specs are?


EDIT: I did the work for you, that part # is for a T3 .82 turbine housing. Your going to need more then just a part number off the turbine to figure out what it is. Either way, its too small for a rotary so look else were.

~Mike...................

baggedoutmazda

as i stated on 1st post i also took 2 min & searched the number on the housing, as i asked how do i find the rest of the specs on the turbo? should there be #s on the other parts? how about a site or something to explain a little more to me? how does everybody know exactly what turbo they have, are they just MAKING A PHONE CALL, i'm just 1 of those ppl that likes to know how this stuff works, i will find an answer after searching, just looking for a push in the right direction, thanks

RacerXtreme7

iTrader: (2)

Some turbo's have a tag on the back plate with either a part # or Serial #. Normaly this can be refferanced to the manufacture to figure out which animal you have (and I assumed you had this part number). Most turbo's however don't have such tags/plates on them and using stampings/castings on either the compressor housing or turbine will only tell you which compressor housing / turbine housing you have and not what kind of actual turbo lies inside those housings (most turbo's withen sub families share housings with different guts/wheels inside). In order to figure out which turbo you have, you need to actually measure the compressors inducer (smaller or minor wheel diameter {what you'd see looking into the compressor inlet}) and exducer wheel diameter (larger or major wheel diameter { what is hidden under the compressor housing}). Same goes for the turbine wheel, measuring both major and minor wheel diameters although the inducer and exducers are reversed for turbines, major diameter being the inducer (hidden by the turbine housing) and minor being the exducer (what you'd see looking at the turbine disscharge). Just think of it like this, is this part of the wheel inhaling or exhaling. These must be precise measurements done with either a mic or cailpers, no rulers/straight edges, or tape measurements. Then cross refferance those measurements with the manufactures specs for said wheels.

Lets NOT confuse compressor inlets (what you'd hook a filter to) and disscharges (what would go to your intercooler) or turbine housing inlets (what would bolt to your exhaust manifold) or turbine disscharges (what goes to your downpipe) with actual compressor and turbine WHEEL diameters. The compressor housing and turbine housing must be pulled off to measure the wheel diameters.

All the above if for refferance, but that particular turbo your looking at, I already know WONT WORK for a rotary, because it uses a T3 turbine and a small .82 T3 turbine housing unless you want less then stock hp. Look for full T4 sized turbos and stay away from t3 and or T3/T4 hybrids.

~Mike...........